Bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Regal Pale bottle opener and can piercer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone metal tool features a bottle opener on one side and can piercer on the other. Stamped text on the top of the handle reads [REGAL PALE]. Stamped text of varying sized on the bottom on the handle reads [C.M.I. A.P.P. MOD. – VAUGHAN U.S.A. 54 / One of America’s / 2 great Beers].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1954-1960
• Manufactured by: Vaughan Novelty Manufacturing Company, American, 1910 - 1984
• Distributed by: Regal Pale Brewing Company, American, 1916 - 1960
• Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Type: bottle openers
• Type: can openers
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 4 3/8 × 3/4 × 3/8 in. (11.1 × 1.9 × 1 cm)
• Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: A2015.273.1.1.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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